Letters to the Editor for July 14

Remove your "ugly" signs

Driving in to work going down North and East Parkways I must have seen 50 yard signs on the medians. Thankfully, on my return home they had been removed. I really didn't get the meaning of them until I read Dueling Yard Signs in The CA (7-11-17).

I understand the arguments on both sides of the issue and hopefully the Land Use Control and/or the City Council will get the issue resolved. In the meantime if the Lea Woods group wants to advance its agenda, I would hope in the future they will do so without "littering" up the medians of the parkways with their signs.

First, your yard signs are just that, for a yard NOT the parkway. Who do you think cuts the grass on the parkway? The city of course. Someone has to remove those signs or risk someone hurting themselves if the mower runs over the wire hangar. Not to mention the labor cost of pulling them all up.

If your group is that concerned about the city, stop littering. If you wish to advance your cause, collect the funds among yourselves and rent a billboard. Be good citizens and please stop littering the beautiful parkways we drive with your ugly signs.

Cary Allen, Memphis

Importance of having a healthy population

Dear Senator Alexander and Senator Corker,

The importance of having a healthy population is an issue I have not heard mentioned by either of you in the health care debate.

Isn’t the basis of a strong nation a healthy population?

How healthy can that population be when the 35,000,000 plus children who depend on Medicaid are removed from that program? Under Trump care the states will have to decide who gets Medicaid and who doesn’t.

How healthy will that population be if those exposed to new epidemics are without regular healthcare?

Can we raise a healthy military if the generation feeding into that military has not had access to health care? We don’t have to look too far back in our history to see a weak population. When World War I called for a draft, approximately 24% were too sickly to serve.

Please do not repeal and replace The Affordable Care Act. If you want us to be a strong country we need a single payer system. Work on that for a change.

A constituent,

Catherine Hutchison, Memphis

Speed limits on Hickory Hill Road and Humphreys Boulevard

With All Lives Matter, Black Lives Matter... It should matter all the time even while driving and in everything you do.

It's all about respect. Why do people pass you on the right (fast enough to shake the car)? Why is the speed limit 45 mph on Hickory Hill Road where there are apartments and homes with a daycare center and Walmart right across the street with cars going 60 mph or more.

Moreover, in the fall, kids are crossing the streets (and they do not understand how) and with attitude they most of the time mope crossing the street.

Why is it 45 mph on Humphreys Blvd going toward the new pediatric hospital at Baptist Memorial where, again, there are houses and apartments with a walking, riding trail on the opposite side of the street with the speed limit 45 but cars going 60. I just don't understand IT!

Renea Liston, Memphis

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